Tone2 Dev Apologizes for Past Business Practices

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  1. Majestic

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    Tone2 Dev Apologizes for Past Business Practices

    I admit that i made misstakes in the past when the company was still young. I apologize for it and I have learned from it. I fixed and changed things - many of them already years ago.
    Since this year the copy protection is a keyfile only or has been completely removed to make sure that older products continue to work for a long time in the future.
    I listen to the customers a lot and take feedback seriously. I regularly release big and free updates which can be downloaded here:
    https://www.tone2.com/download.html

    Best Regards,
    Markus Krause

    Source:
    https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=544846
     
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    Translation: You crackers won, on top of that the competition has gotten tough, and now I am going broke. I am in need of some $$$ fast. If you forgave Millie Vanilli you can forgive me. I even go to church every Sunday. Please help me.

    Edit: I forgot to tell you all to please throw me a bone! :mates:
     
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    Filterbank 3 for Mac still 32 bit ? :bash:
     
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    In return, R2R spared his latest and greatest Icarus 2 synth, cracked everything else and told everyone via nfo that he removed harmful bombs from his plugins. Now the developer is living a happy life with increased sales and happy users.
     
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    hahahaha nice one!
     
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    hehe i’ve kinda gone out of touch with the whole plugin and audio world... wasn’t tone 2 the plugin that would install viruses on ur computer?

    If so then lol...
     
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    It was about time!!
     
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    Of course there's a chance he only changed because his protection got defeated, but on the other hand, we shouldn't prematurely dismiss the possibility that he might have actually had a change of heart. I don't know guys, I like what I'm reading. It's respectable. Whether he is serious about it, and whether things stay the way they are now, remains to be seen. But I'd say, give him a chance.
     
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    The good old switcheroo where the warez group makes the dev apologize. :yes:
     
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    personally, a little TOO LATE for that. He is one of the few devs that I would never support. What he did was as fucked up as it can get. He only stopped because he got caught. Yet he waited TOO LONG to make things right. I got him blacklisted. I don't even use non legit (try before you buy) releases of his software. I only download it so in case they get blacklisted I can continue to share it with whoever wants to honor this jerk by using his vst/plugins.

    Edit: If any of you is thinking of asking me for Tone2, do NOT do it in this Forum. BE DISCREET or I will ignore you. It is against the rules to share, trade, link to W4r3z.
     
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    Next to apologizes is Steinberg for using USB eLicenser and letting annoying posts all over the net.
     
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    So... that apology falls on deaf ears then? :chilling:
     
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    "I rather destroy your computer than let you use my plugins for free"
    ...sales continue to decrease...
    "I will suck your dick if you buy my plugin"
     
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    After R2R crk he decided to remove/weaken his protekshon?
     
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    Wow, seems this guy is really evil... but don't tell me he's more than Steven "Satan" Slate cause I won't buy that...
     
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    Tbh, I don't have an issue, it's plugged into the back of the computer and not touched for years, I've never had it give me any problems! I guess those moving around or working on laptops, it can be annoying and I do believe Steinberg are going to introduce a new protection system, maybe with v11, at least they confirmed that they are working on it. I would hate it if it became like Adobe.
     
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    That slate guy is a douche-bag. I will pay a bounty of $25 000 to have all his plugins cracked on Mac and Windows! Greedy idiot! :bash:Same thing applies to Joey Sturgis Tones


     
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    All is good, until he finds another way to f@ck up your system.
    Kudos to R2R for alerting the community.
     
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    Alert the community? It wasn't a secret, we saw how our systems were reacting to his malware.

     
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    none of the complainers probably bought any of his synths to begin with, it is his policy, you can choose not to buy.
     
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